IBT Staff Reporter

Germany's Schott Solar inaugurated a plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Monday to produce photovoltaic modules and solar thermal receiver lines.

The natural-language search engine, Wolfram Alpha will make its official debut into the search market on May 18, when it will prove just how user-friendly the service is with a mainstream audience

Microsoft Corp is on track to release its new Windows 7 operating system in time for the holiday shopping season, an executive said on Monday, confirming talk it is ahead of its own conservative schedule for replacing the unpopular Vista system.

Oil prices fell marginally on Monday, pressured slightly by weaker equity markets and a firmer dollar.

On Monday, Qlogic Corp. unveils its Storage Router 10GbE iSCSI Router(iSR6250) that can aggregate up to 1,000 iSCSI hosts to a Fibre Channel storage array and offer high connectivity

The Dow and the S&P 500 fell on Monday due to profit taking after a two-month run-up, while news of several share offerings weighed on banks as investors worried about their dilutive impact on current shareholders.

Microsoft Corp. and Agree Technology announced SuperTeller for financial institutions to become more customers centric.

Somali pirates are planning attacks on shipping using detailed information telephoned through by contacts in London, according to an intelligence report cited by Spanish radio on Monday.

South Sudanese gunmen have killed up to 49 people from a rival tribe, most of them women and children, in one of a string of attacks that have raised fears for elections in the region, officials said on Monday.

The White House on Monday raised its forecast for this year's U.S. budget deficit by $89 billion due to the recession, millions of new unemployment claims and corporate bailouts.

Google's Android operating system is gaining support in the mobile industry, with 8 million Android phones to be sold in 2009, up 10-fold from a year ago, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Monday.

The U.S. military said on Monday it had documented 44 incidents of Afghan insurgents using or possessing white phosphorus ammunition, in response to a Reuters report last week of the first known casualty from the chemical.

The White House on Monday raised its forecast for this year's U.S. budget deficit by $89 billion due to the recession, millions of new unemployment claims and corporate bailouts.

The future of tourism includes ultra-health-conscious hotels, a surge in river cruises, abundant choices for medical trips—and sky nannies.

Newlyweds will surely find bliss in these far-flung romantic retreats (though they might be paying back the bills for a lifetime).

Goldman Sachs Group Inc agreed to pay up to $60 million to settle a Massachusetts probe into whether its subprime mortgage securitization business had encouraged unfair loans, state officials said on Monday.

Norway opened a 560 kilometer (350 mile) hydrogen highway on Monday with more than a dozen hydrogen-powered cars rallying along a scenic route between its capital city Oslo and North Sea oil hub Stavanger.

Microsoft Corp on Monday launched a $3.75 billion debt issue, its first foray into the U.S. corporate bond market as it joined a spate of companies taking advantage of good borrowing conditions.

The Justice Department's top antitrust official announced on Monday a return to a more aggressive approach to dealing with dominant companies that use their position to crush competition.

At America’s stadiums, Dungeness crab sandwiches, Kansas City ribs, and slow-cooked pork tacos take center field.

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp won permission from European regulators on Monday to acquire the hard disk drive business of rival Fujitsu Ltd in a deal worth 30 billion yen ($305 million).

Citigroup Inc investors withheld more than 20 percent of their votes for the reelection of four directors, after critics said the board's lack of oversight contributed to a series of government bailouts and $37.5 billion of losses over 15 months.

Iran has released an American journalist jailed for four months on Monday after an appeals court suspended her sentence on charges of spying for the United States.

Stocks mostly fell on Monday, weighed by profit taking after a two-month climb and news of several banks' share offerings that cooled interest in the financial sector.

Microsoft will be releasing up to 10 updates for Windows 7 Release Candidate software this week but the release do not add any updates for users using the new O.S.

Software giant Microsoft will lay off about 55 employees in India, which is one per cent of its Indian staff, the chairman of Microsoft India said on Monday.

Energizer Holdings Inc said on Monday it will sell 9.5 million shares of common stock offering to pay its newly acquired S.C Johnsons and Son Inc’s Edge and Skintimate shave business, and to pay its current debt.

The Justice Department's top antitrust official announced on Monday a return to a more aggressive approach to dealing with dominant companies that use their position to squelch competition.

U.S. President Barack Obama will pay his first visit to Russia as president on July 6-8, the Kremlin said on Monday.